Smashing Photoshop CC/CS

The fundamentals done right.

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Published 4/2016
English

Course Description

Adobe Photoshop is synonymous with high quality, visual design either for web, print of digital deployment.

This course has been constructed with the end in mind. You'll be guided through the basics using video as the key delivery method. Learn the core elements in simple easy to follow lectures that are straight to the point.

Your journey will include:

Full tool bar overview with individual demonstrations

Specific challenges to test your new found knowledge

An in depth look at the most important elements of Adobe Photoshop such as Layers and Masks. Understanding these is more than half the battle.

So what are you waiting for?!sign up before you change your mind

What are the requirements?

All course material is contained within each lecture. No course material is required prior to beginning.

Adobe Photoshop CS4 or above is a necessity. A full version of Adobe Photoshop is available for a 30 Day free trial direct from www.adobe.com

What am I going to get from this course?

Demonstrate the core fundamentals of Adobe Photoshops features and capabilities.

Explain the functionality of each tool bar item.

Confidently demonstrate the use of text and fonts, selection tools, layers, healing tools, masks and colours.

Identify design best practices.

Understand the differences between common image types and identify key elements that make up each image.

What is the target audience?

This course is best suited for individuals who have limited to no knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

A reasonable level of computer literacy is preferred.

Individuals with a reasonable understanding is basic design principles will gain most from the content of this course.

This course is NOT for learners who have intermediate to advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

What you get with this course?

Not for you? No problem.30 day money back guarantee.

Forever yours.Lifetime access.

Learn on the go.Desktop, iOS and Android.

Get rewarded.Certificate of completion.

Curriculum

Firstly I'd like to welcome you and thank you for spending your time and money on this course. In this section I'll outline an overview of the content you'll find in future chapters. In addition I'll give you all the help I can to help you get the most out of each and every lecture.

It's always good to try before you buy. That's why I'll point you in the direction where you can get Photoshop for free for thirty days. There are no restrictions on this version, ideal for working your way through this course.

The Photoshop interface can be quite confusing to users new to the application. This lecture will talk you through each of the main features of the Photoshop layout, providing helpful hints and tips along the way.

Like every design program, being able to create new documents may seem like a given and it's no different with `Photoshop. Here we'll look at how we to create a new Photoshop document and the associated properties that are available. Don't worry, we'll keep it simple.

Throughout this course we will be using a couple of different images types, namely JPEG and PNG. It's good to know the differences between the two and the reasons behind their popularity, not only in this course but throughout the design world.

Adding text and understanding the mechanics behind it is a fundamental building block of any graphic design program. This lecture will introduce how text and fonts are handled within Photoshop as well as outline the key properties associated.

Challenge Time - As part of ongoing knowledge checks, this lecture will provide you with the opportunity to test yourself on what you have learned so far about fonts and text. Don't worry, I've provided a model answer if you get stuck.

An intricate part of the selection portfolio, the freehand lasso tool is great for selecting large areas that don't require a huge amount of accuracy. If you are working with a digital sketch pad or tablet, this tool becomes even more powerful.

The Magic Wand tool is one of the more popular selection tools. It takes into account the colours for the pixels beneath making it so simple to use. In many cases all that's required is a simple click.

A standard feature of all graphic design tools worth their salt. The Brush tool is great for serious artists and fun seekers alike. This lecture gives you all the basics in a simple, straighforward manner.

Replacing colours while still maintaining texture and reflections can be extremely useful especially if you do not have the opportunity to retake a particular shot. Here we will talk you through how to do just that with a straightforward demonstration.

There's a lot to cover when it comes to the Pen tool, so lets start with the how to draw basic shapes. The same outcome can be reached with a combination of other selection tools however, you might find you have more freedom with the Pen tool.

Pen Paths differ from the more basic Shapes that we looked at in the previous lecture. Paths are lines from one point to another that work independently to the pixels below them. This is unique for a Photoshop tool, so let see how we use it.

As mentioned before, the Pen tool works by creating a line from one point to another. Those interval points are called Anchor Points and are incredibly useful when drawing with the Pen. Take a look for yourself!

Part 1 of 3 - Here we put Layers into practice with this example. This three part lecture starts to build a banner designed for web highlighting the power of Layers as we go. Project resources attached.

Hopefully you're beginning to realise how powerful Layers can be. A natural progression in the Layers story is to utilise them to help us combine areas of multiple images together. That's exactly what we do here.

Not all images are nice and simple in design, many are extremely complex. This poses a specific problem when is comes to being accurate with a Layer Mask, so, lets look at how we apply Layer Masks to complex areas of an image.

This is a feature I use everyday! Free Transform allows you to do a number of things including quickly resizing images with either maintaining aspect ratios or not and rotating elements with pin point accuracy.

Photoshop Actions allow you to record what you are telling Photoshop to do to a particular image or element. Save these actions and apply them to other images at a later date saving you bags of time in the process.

Time is precious and you don't really want to be wasting it by repeating the same action over and over again. If you have to resize a bunch of images to the same dimension for example, let Batch Processing help complete the task lightning fast.

So, we've just looked at how to remove simple backgrounds. It's not always that easy (unfortunately). This next video builds on the previous lecture by specifically looking at far more complex background like hair etc.

Today, it's pretty simple to create a beautiful panoramic image, most smartphones and digital cameras have the capability. What if you have have neither or have older photographs that you'd like to stitch together? Find the answers here.

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With almost ten years experience in the digital learning space with a large corporate bank in the UK, I feel i have both the experience and knowledge when it comes to producing high quality content that learners enjoy.

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As CIPD qualified, I understand the needs of learners and how best certain people learn.